Middle Ages

See also: middle ages

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌmɪdl̩ ˈeɪdʒɪz/

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Middle Ages

  1. (history) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500.
    • 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 52:
      She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages.

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